June 03, 2021
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VIDEO: Link between COVID-19, sleep apnea and positive airway pressure therapy
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In this video, Dennis Hwang, MD, discusses results of a study that analyzed the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea, adherence to positive airway pressure therapy and risk for COVID-19 infection.
Hwang, medical director of KP SBC Sleep Medicine at Kaiser Permanente and co-chair of sleep medicine at the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, and colleagues found that OSA was associated with increased risk for COVID-19 infection, and greater adherence to positive airway pressure therapy was associated with reduced risk for infection.
Read more about the study here.